Elle Marroquin

[BFA] Illustration

I create narrative work through the use of illustration, comics and animation. Through my work I process my emotions and my obsession with labels for the relationships with the people in my life. I think deeply about love and the interpersonal ties that bind my life, and since I cannot lend others my heart or eyes, I work to capture my ideas and experiences in panels and characters to truly express the warmth and dread in my heart. I use limited color palette to draw attention to key points in my work, such as eyes, and use small acts of expression such as hand gestures to show big emotions. I use my characters as place holders for myself and the people in my life in order to highlight dimensions of relationships that I feel are not expressed in media, such as deep love between friends and feeling like a stranger in my family.

Elle Marroquín is a Salvadoran-American digital illustrator and storyteller. Currently on track to receive a BFA from UNL in December 2025, her work has been featured in two Juried Undergraduate Exhibitions in the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Eisentrager Howard Gallery, one Juried Undergraduate Exhibition in Nebraska Wesleyan’s Elder Gallery, as well as a two person show in UNL’s Medici Gallery. Elle has been an active artist in the online art space for 10 years, creating character work for existing media, as well as her own original media. Currently, Elle is focusing on her own series, Cephalophore and Nolita, with plans to publish in the coming years.

Elle Marroquín
Because it Brings Me Back You
Digital Illustration
2025

Elle Marroquín,
Goodnight, I Love You,
Digital Illustration
2025

Elle Marroquín,
If it Will Make You Feel Better
Digital Illustration
2025

Elle Marroquín
Please, Just a Little Closer
Digital Illustration
2025

Elle Marroquín
You Make Me Miserable
Digital Illustration
2025